0:01 hey this is Isaiah from your head
0:03 software
0:04 today we're talking about the stacks
0:07 plugin
0:07 and some of the cool features we've
0:09 added to version five
0:12 this year we're really focused on
0:14 workflow and what that means is making
0:16 things easier for novices and more
0:19 powerful for experts
0:22 let's see how we can do both by adding a
0:25 Stacks menu
0:28 gonna dive in and open up rapidweaver
0:31 switch to my big View
0:35 you may have noticed from some of our
0:36 other videos that there's now a Stacks
0:39 menu right here in the top menu bar
0:43 and this is a perfect example of what we
0:45 mean when we say easier for novices and
0:49 more powerful for experts
0:52 those things seem like they might be
0:54 diametrically opposed but
0:56 with a little bit of creative user
0:58 interface we can achieve both at the
1:01 same time
1:04 so the stacks menu is the perfect place
1:08 for a new user
1:09 to get to learn stacks
1:12 you can select something
1:15 and then check out the menu
1:17 and see what's available to do to it
1:20 we can move it around select other
1:22 things hide it lock it create a partial
1:27 this lets us learn all of the features
1:30 of stacks all in one place
1:33 and if we're scratching our head trying
1:35 to figure out
1:37 what else is available
1:39 it's a good reminder
1:43 but it's also a great place if you're an
1:46 expert
1:47 because we've added a comprehensive set
1:50 of key bindings this year
1:52 and the stacks menu
1:55 has a built-in quick reference to it
1:59 all of the key bindings are listed on
2:01 the menu
2:02 and they're really all new this year and
2:05 they all work well together
2:10 there's a new video If you want to get a
2:13 jump start on
2:14 using Stacks just with the keyboard
2:19 check that video out
2:22 but in this video
2:24 well
2:26 I like to pride myself I being able to
2:29 talk directly to novice users and build
2:32 software that just about anybody can use
2:35 but
2:36 I think we all know how to use a menu by
2:38 now so I'm not going to spend time
2:41 teaching people how to use a menu
2:45 but we've added new features all over
2:48 Stacks this year
2:50 and a lot of those are listed in the
2:53 stacks menu
2:55 so let's have a walk down and look at a
2:58 few things
3:00 that are added this year that just
3:02 happen to be in the stacks menu
3:05 so first up I want to look at the new
3:08 select all features because they're
3:09 implemented in a really pragmatic way
3:12 that you might find interesting
3:15 secondly let's check out the new
3:17 movement commands because boy are those
3:19 useful
3:20 and third we've added some new Behavior
3:24 to partials and I think the experts are
3:27 really going to like that one
3:29 so first up select all
3:32 so you might think
3:35 select all means literally to select
3:38 every single stack throughout the
3:41 hierarchy and layout
3:43 but
3:44 I really couldn't come up with even one
3:47 use case where that was useful
3:50 and selecting every single thing in the
3:52 whole layout is well not very performant
3:56 so
3:58 I kind of racked my brain and thought
4:00 what will people be using select all for
4:04 and the most obvious use case is when
4:06 you just want to clear out a page and
4:09 start fresh
4:10 so let's give that a shot
4:13 I'll choose select all stacks
4:16 and then select instead of selecting
4:18 every single stack
4:20 it selects just the top level hierarchy
4:22 stacks because that's exactly what you
4:25 need tip the delete key
4:28 and start fresh
4:30 perfect
4:31 it's the most performant way to
4:33 implement it and
4:35 I think it's what people will use it the
4:37 most for
4:39 I mean there are all sorts of other uses
4:42 for select all but
4:43 I kind of feel like that's the one
4:45 that's going to get the most use
4:49 all right I'm gonna command Z
4:51 to undo and bring everything back
4:56 now did you notice there's a second
4:59 select all in there it's not really
5:01 select everything it's again a little
5:05 bit different
5:06 and it helps us select everything inside
5:09 of a container
5:12 so here I have a two column stack
5:16 and it contains these four Stacks two
5:19 images and two HTML stacks
5:22 so I'm just going to select an HTML
5:25 stack and choose
5:28 select all within stack or option A
5:34 and it selects those four Stacks inside
5:37 of that container
5:40 now I think you'll find that useful but
5:44 even more useful is how it works with
5:47 more than one stack
5:50 so let's say I select that same HTML
5:53 stack
5:54 and also by holding down the command key
5:57 select this stack over here
6:00 Now with an option A
6:04 I can select everything in that entire
6:06 row
6:07 hit the delete key
6:09 and again start fresh on this row
6:16 I'm going to command Z undo to bring
6:19 everything back again
6:24 now you might notice a pattern here as I
6:27 walk through each of these examples
6:30 because
6:32 all of the new stuff in stacks
6:35 not only works with multiple Stacks but
6:38 works in a very similar and consistent
6:41 way
6:43 that way if you learn how to use one
6:47 sort of feature and how it works with
6:49 multiple Stacks you pretty much know how
6:52 it's going to work
6:53 in all the other corners of stacks
6:57 so let's give another one a shot
7:02 down below are the New Movement commands
7:06 these are brand new this year but I
7:09 swear they feel like they've been there
7:11 forever because they're so useful
7:14 that about 10 minutes after I finished
7:17 implementing these
7:19 they were already committed to memory
7:21 and
7:22 part of my normal work workflow
7:26 it's just like they were second nature
7:28 instantaneously
7:30 so let's try them with the keyboard
7:32 because I think that's where it's most
7:33 useful it's option Arrow
7:37 and option Downer option up arrow and
7:39 option down arrow
7:40 let's give it a shot
7:43 so we've always been able to move the
7:47 selection
7:48 up and down with the arrow keys
7:51 but now by holding down the option key
7:54 it does the same but moves the whole
7:56 stack too
7:58 and if you keep going it will jump the
8:01 stack right out of the container
8:04 and then Carry On Up
8:06 all the way until it gets to the top
8:10 I'm gonna undo just to get it back to
8:12 its original position
8:15 now
8:17 as fun as that is and easy as it is to
8:21 memorize and become second nature
8:24 I think it's even more interesting when
8:27 you use it with multiple stacks
8:32 whenever you do an action that changes
8:36 multiple stacks
8:38 what Stacks will do first is
8:41 kind of group them into the same spot in
8:44 the layout
8:46 then it will perform the action
8:49 so
8:51 the spot in the layout that it's going
8:53 to choose is always the topmost or
8:55 leftmost sort of like a book left or
8:58 right top to bottom and
9:01 then it will perform the action so let's
9:04 select these two stacks
9:08 and we'll move them together upwards
9:12 and what's going to happen is it's going
9:14 to group them together
9:16 and it's going to choose the leftmost or
9:18 topmost wall there the same position
9:21 vertically but
9:23 it's going to move them over here to the
9:24 left
9:25 and then it's going to perform the
9:28 action
9:28 move up
9:30 so let's give it a try
9:32 move Stacks up
9:34 boom
9:36 group together
9:37 moved up one position
9:40 it's a great way to quickly move a bunch
9:43 of things
9:45 into one spot
9:48 so let me undo and let's try this we'll
9:52 choose all of the images
9:57 and then I'm going to move them all
10:00 out of the bottom of the layout just to
10:03 get them out of the way so we'll choose
10:07 move Stacks to bottom
10:10 boom now these Stacks are out of the
10:13 bottom of the layout
10:15 and the rest of my layout is just the
10:18 text now
10:20 so we can work on those things together
10:23 I'll undo to get things back into
10:25 position
10:29 so again
10:31 when we're working with multiple stacks
10:35 the
10:37 movement commands all work the same
10:40 and this is a good segue to talking
10:43 about the new behavior and partials
10:46 because it works exactly like the
10:48 movement commands does
10:51 do
10:52 exactly like the movement command does
10:57 but at the end
10:58 it's going to create a partial two
11:01 so let's give it a shot
11:03 this time let's see let's choose
11:06 this mushroom and this flower
11:11 and then this HTML stack up here
11:15 so this time when we create a partial
11:18 it's going to group these these things
11:21 together
11:22 at the topmost and leftmost position
11:24 right up here with this HTML stack of
11:27 course
11:28 and then create a partial so let's give
11:31 it a shot
11:32 create a partial
11:34 now I should note that I'm using the
11:37 menu here because this is supposed to be
11:39 the video about and use
11:42 but
11:43 it works the same no matter how you
11:45 create the partial you could use the
11:47 partial button just like we've always
11:50 done
11:51 or use the the menu command
11:54 or even the new keyboard binding
11:56 option b
12:01 so we created the partial it has the
12:04 HTML stack and those two images that we
12:06 had selected
12:08 and when we back out it should be at the
12:10 position of the topmost thing
12:12 there it is
12:14 we have a partial right there at the top
12:19 there's also a nice little keyboard
12:21 binding for
12:23 uh
12:25 unpacking a partial so
12:30 that one's option return
12:34 and that'll just explode that partial
12:36 right here into this position so option
12:39 return
12:41 and boom
12:44 it's pretty much just like clicking the
12:45 button but sometimes you don't want to
12:48 reach for the mouse
12:50 if you keep your hands on the keyboard
12:52 you can move a little bit more quickly
12:57 all right I'm going to undo
13:00 which jumps back into the partial and
13:03 then undo one more time
13:04 that gets things back into position
13:09 so that's a quick look at a few kind of
13:13 disparate
13:15 pieces of functionality that we've added
13:17 this year to stacks
13:19 that all appear inside the stacks menu
13:24 and how that works to make things easier
13:27 for novices and more powerful for
13:29 experts
13:31 both at the same time
13:36 now
13:38 I'd really like to hear back any
13:40 feedback you have
13:42 about these new features any of them or
13:45 the stacks menu
13:46 what you think about it good or bad
13:50 um we've added a new Discord group this
13:52 year
13:54 if you're not familiar with Discord it's
13:57 a new sort of chat system
14:00 and we added uh the Discord server
14:04 two or three weeks ago and we already
14:07 have over 250 members so definitely uh
14:12 go to the bottom of any of our web pages
14:14 and click the link
14:17 join the Discord group and tell us what
14:19 you think in the chat or
14:21 there's also a Discord Forum posts so
14:25 you can post a long-term question there
14:26 if you like
14:28 there's lots of experts on the Discord
14:29 and everybody seems pretty uh
14:33 pretty helpful and and nice so
14:36 um
14:37 yeah come join in the chat tell us what
14:40 you think and thanks for watching"}]